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Fairport Convention - Mensa, Tuebingen, Germany 1985-11-06

Track listing:
  1. (Cuts In) 6:36
  2. Walk Awhile 6:04
  3. The Cat On The Mixer/The Gas Almost Works 5:03
  4. Honor And Praise 6:37
  5. Instrumental Medley 1985 6:47
  6. The Hiring Fair 7:23
  7. Jams O'donnell's Jigs 5:12
  8. Wat Tyler 7:21
  9. Hold Me Closer 4:34
  10. -Banter- 1:11
  11. John Barleycorn 6:39
  12. Sloth 20:35
  13. Dirty Linen 5:14
  14. Sir William Gower 6:07
  15. Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow 6:14
  16. Close To The Wind 9:15
  17. Instrumental Intro --> 2:53
  18. Matty Grooves 8:55
  19. Meet On The Ledge 5:47

Notes


I quote from Fairport's site:
"The '85 line-up -
We also invited Ric Sanders to come along to play on the album. I'd known him for years: we'd met in musical circles in Birmingham. Ric is from Solihull, I'm from Acocks Green, which are on the same side of Birmingham and my dad had been the caretaker at a school where Ric's dad taught.

Ric plays very differently to Swarb, of course, a completely contrasting violin style, a fantastic player. He came along and played on the recording sessions and it was great. So that was the 'Gladys' line-up. Richard came and guested on one track and Cathy Le Surf on another. It was fun to make, we put it out, the punters seemed to love it. People started saying we should be playing live, get the band together again.

So I asked Ric if would do it and he was delighted. Then I asked Martin Allcock to join the band. Martin's a really great musician. He used to turn up to the festivals, he was always up for the craic, always ready to get up and play. I knew he could play almost anything and that he would be a good guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for the band.

We rehearsed for three days solid, working from a list of Fairport stuff that everybody knew. We went off to do a gig in London, just to see if it would work out, and ending up playing for four-and-a-half hours! It was so good, it was just joyful. We had a really fantastic night. I realised we had the makings of a great band here; the continuity of the old-timers (me, Simon and Dave) combined with the new blood (Ric and Maart)."

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fairport convention
1985-11-06
tuebingen (germany)
mensa


source:
a R.S. audience master
taped with a SONY TCS 310 ( see pic included) to [ maxell XL II C-90]

transfer
master cass played back on nakamichi cr7e (azimuth aligned) dolby off-->edirol 04-->HD
level corrections in audacity--tracked in cdwave--flac(8)
(hanwaker transfer 2014-08)



TT
128:36 mins

1st set

01 (cuts in)
02 walk awhile
03 the cat on the mixer/the gas almost works
04 honor and praise
05 instrumental medley 1985
06 the hiring fair
07 jams O'Donnell's jigs
08
09 hold me closer

2nd set

10 -banter-
11 john barleycorn
12 sloth
13 dirty linen
14 sir william gower
15 jack frost and the hooded crow
16 close to the wind
17 instrumental intro -->
18 matty grooves
encore
19 meet on the ledge


R.S. master, a hanwaker transfer,mastering and upload to dime 2014-08